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Mental illness in prisons - The Facts
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- Published: November 16, 2006
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Water the key to good health during the festive season
21/12/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates has urged all Victorians to enjoy the Christmas/New Year period safely by keeping hydrated with water. “At this time of the year doctors often see an increase in domestic violence, assaults, drownings, road tragedies...
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No outpatient services provided at LRH despite government grant
20/12/2006AMA Victoria has called on Latrobe Regional Hospital to offer incentives to ensure specialist services are retained, after investigations revealed the hospital receives millions in funding for non-admitted patient services, including outpatients, despite offering...
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Hospital actions force doctors away and hurt patients - Traralgon
14/12/2006The Traralgon community is set to lose specialist medical services due to hospital bungling, which is driving away doctors, AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said. Huge hikes in rental prices proposed by Latrobe Regional Hospital for use of consulting suites...
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Doctors support smoking ban in cars carrying children
14/12/2006AMA Victoria has put its support behind proposals to ban smoking in vehicles carrying children, prior to the issue being debated by state and territory ministers on Friday. “AMA Victoria is calling on the Victorian Government to follow South Australia...
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Cancer screening program a shambles
29/11/2006The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is a shambles, with inadequate resources and funding and no clear plan for its roll-out in Victoria, AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said today. “The Federal Government has grossly under funded this program...
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Major parties neck and neck on health
21/11/2006AMA Victoria has released an analysis of health policies released by the two major parties in the lead-up to this Saturday’s election. AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said the two major parties were neck and neck on health policies and it was pleasing...
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Equipment shortfall highlighted: Bendigo patients put at risk
17/11/2006Outdated medical equipment is putting patients at risk
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Mental illness in prisons - The Facts
16/11/2006Compiled by Smart Justice with assistance of Mental Health Legal Service
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WorkChoices in Medical Practice
10/11/2006The Australian Medical Association (AMA) Victoria today announced a series of information sessions in metropolitan and rural areas of Victoria to help medical practices understand the Australian Government’s WorkChoices legislation. According to AMA...
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AMA Victoria welcomes hospital bed boost
09/11/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates today welcomed the Liberal Party’s health policy, saying it addressed a number of problem areas in Victoria’s health system. “The commitment to an additional 900 hospital beds, 100 intensive care beds...
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$1.4 billion welcome but not without risk
02/11/2006The Labor Party’s $1.4 billion commitment to health announced today is welcome and recognises a number of problem areas in the health system, AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said. “The recognition of the need for improvements in elective surgery,...
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Victoria safer but not safe enough
26/10/2006Despite significant improvements in the last five years, 61 per cent of junior doctors in Victoria are still working ‘significant’ to ‘high risk’ hours. The release of the 2006 AMA Safe Hours Report has revealed Victorian public hospital...
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Horsham visit by AMA Victoria President
17/10/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates will visit Horsham tonight as part of a rolling campaign to promote regional health issues. Dr Yates will meet with Western Victoria doctors to hear local concerns and discuss AMA Victoria’s health priorities in the...
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AMA Victoria welcomes healthy food in school canteens
16/10/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates today welcomed the introduction of new regulations on the types of food available from public school canteens. “As a parent and a doctor I am pleased the State Government is making healthy food the easy option in...
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Mental health failures: lessons to be learnt
11/10/2006Speaking during Mental Health Week, AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said failures in the mental health sector were harming Victorians. “AMA Victoria members are telling us there are still serious problems in the system as they struggle to gain appropriate...
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Bendigo visit by AMA Victoria President
04/10/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates has visited Bendigo as part of a rolling campaign to promote regional health issues. Dr Yates met with Bendigo doctors last night to hear local concerns and discuss AMA Victoria’s health priorities in the lead-up...
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Elective surgery waiting list not a true reflection of wait
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More dollars needed to ease pressure on dementia services
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Prompt conclusion welcome in RWH case
15/09/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates today welcomed the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria’s prompt conclusion to the Royal Women’s Hospital case. However, Dr Yates said the case highlighted the need for tighter controls on who could make...
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AMA Victoria launches election health priorities list
07/09/2006The Australian Medical Association of Victoria will today (Friday September 8, 2006) make public a detailed list of health priorities in the lead-up to the November state election.
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MPBV decision on convicted doctor concerning
18/08/2006The Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria decision to allow a doctor convicted on child pornography charges to continue as a doctor is understandably of great concern to the public. AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said the doctor’s actions had...
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The hidden waiting list is hurting Victorians
31/07/2006AMA Victoria is calling on state Liberal and Labor parties to make improving access to public hospital outpatient services an urgent priority. A recent survey of AMA Victoria GP members has highlighted appalling consequences of funding cuts to public hospital...
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Landmark agreement struck on doctors’ pay: 9.3 per cent increase over 12 months
21/07/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates today announced Victoria’s public hospital doctors had won a 9.3 per cent pay increase, but warned it was only the first step in ensuring Victoria could retain and attract doctors.
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Family doctors vital in keeping Victorians healthy
10/07/2006Family Doctor Week – July 16 - 22, 2006
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Focus on country Victoria’s doctor shortage welcome
26/06/2006Response to the Liberal Party's policy on addressing Victoria's doctor shortage
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Donut fundraisers irresponsible
22/06/2006Reports that Victorian schools may be signing up to Krispy Kreme to help raise funds is appalling according to AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates. Dr Yates said obesity in school children was a serious and increasing problem in Victoria, and fundraisers...
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Nothern Hospital - No spin, the facts - Doctor shortage strikes again
20/06/2006Doctors have confirmed the pressures of staff shortages at the Northern Hospital over the weekend. AMA Victoria understands Northern Hospital had a doctor shortage over the weekend which resulted in two doctors being principally responsible for the majority...
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Victorian mental health experts meet today
17/06/2006Victoria’s leading health professionals and patient advocates will meet today to define a way forward for mental health services in Victoria. The one day forum, Mental Health: The Way Forward, will bring together senior doctors who deal with mental health...
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Latrobe Regional Hospital doctors take action
16/06/2006Doctors rostered to Latrobe Regional Hospital are angry at a State Government proposal to impose commercial rates for their accommodation at Traralgon. Doctors at Latrobe Regional Hospital will take professional action including not coding discharge summaries...
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Gippsland paediatricians resign
08/06/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said he was greatly concerned by the resignation of two paediatricians from Central Gippsland Health Service today. “These resignations are the result of a failure by the Bracks Government to value our specialists....
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Doctors to take professional action
07/06/2006Victorian public hospital doctors will step-up their campaign for an improved remuneration package, to ensure there are sufficient doctors for the Victorian public. AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said despite participating in six meetings before the...
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One stop medical career shop open today
03/06/2006The biggest promotion of Victorian public hospitals is underway this morning, aimed at attracting medical graduates and young doctors to work in Victorian hospitals. The eighth annual Medical Careers Expo is expected to attract hundreds of final year medical...
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Budget fails to address rural GP shortage
02/06/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates today criticised the State Government for failing to address the critical shortage of rural GPs and specialists in the State Budget. Dr Yates said the government had missed the opportunity to address the most pressing issue...
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Yates to serve second term
24/05/2006Dr Mark Yates has been re-elected unopposed for a second term as president of AMA Victoria.
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Doctors leave Werribee hospital
10/05/2006The resignation of at least six doctors from the Werribee Mercy Hospital in the last two months is indicative of the lack of support for public hospital doctors in Victoria, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates. “The Wyndham community has...
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Progress slow
09/05/2006Talks between AMA Victoria (representing public hospital doctors) and the government and public hospitals, through the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, continued this morning. AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said: “Very slow progress...
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Doctors reject government offer
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One in five patients forgotten - Victorians need real doctors not spin doctors
24/04/2006The Bracks Government has turned its back on more than one in five Victorians on waiting lists by asking the spin doctors to fix the problem rather than the real doctors AMA Victoria Vice President Dr Doug Travis, a surgeon working in the public hospital system,...
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Children's services saved
21/04/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates has welcomed the state government’s commitment to maintaining the essential outpatient paediatric services at the Monash Medical Centre. “Doctors could not allow thousands of families who rely on these clinics...
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States set to poach our doctors
18/04/2006AMA Victoria is warning of an exodus of doctors from Victoria to interstate hospitals.
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Action needed to reduce elective surgery waiting times
13/04/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates says the Bracks Government is withholding waiting list data from the public which will prove the urgent need for more beds for elective surgery across the state. Dr Yates said the figures recently published in the media...
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Mental Health Funding Welcomed
06/04/2006Commitment to funding from both the Commonwealth and Victorian Government's for mental health has been welcomed by AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates.
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Medical School Places Campaign
30/03/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates has welcomed the state government campaign seeking 240 more medical school places for Victoria from the federal government. However, Dr Yates said action must also be taken now to address the current doctor shortage.
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Smoking Legislation Must Go Further
27/02/2006AMA Victoria welcomes the introduction this week of tougher smoking laws. However, more needs to be done
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The State Government Must Match SA Package or Face Further Doctor Shortages
24/02/2006Victoria is lagging behind other states with regard to recruitment packages for doctors, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates and this may see Victoria unable to attract doctors desperately needed to fill vacancies. Dr Yates said the Victorian...
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AMA Calls For More Bariatric Surgery Places
23/02/2006THE State Government should fund more places for bariatric surgery to help improve the health of at-risk Victorians, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates. “The waiting times for bariatric surgery at public hospitals can be years, putting...
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Mandatory Police Checks for Aged Care Workers
23/02/2006Police checks for staff caring for the elderly should be mandatory, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates. Dr Yates said currently most residential aged care operators voluntarily ensured employee police checks were completed. However, he said...
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Mental Health Services Under Pressure
14/02/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates is calling on the State Government to provide additional funding in the May budget, to ensure the increasing pressure on mental health services is alleviated and patients are treated more effectively. Dr Yates said readmittance...
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AMA Victoria Responds COAG Initiatives
10/02/2006Initiatives from the Council of Australian Governments’ meeting today have provided a number of positive outcomes for Victoria, according to AMA Victoria President Mark Yates. The AMA Victoria is pleased with outcomes for key areas such as mental health,...
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Complaints Against Medical Practitioners Low
09/02/2006AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates has welcomed figures released this week confirming the high standard of professionalism of Victorian medical practitioners. “Figures released by the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria this week show an extremely...
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AMA seeks urgent funding to ease elective surgery cancellations
07/02/2006AMA Victoria President Mark Yates is calling on the State Government to pledge an additional $100 million in funding for 300 hospital beds in the May budget, as the first step towards easing demand in emergency waiting rooms and minimising the unacceptable...
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Our hospital doctors, nurses, staff, deserve credit
31/01/2006The doctors and other staff in our pubic hospitals deserve recognition for their contribution towards improvements to Victoria’s hospital system, says AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates. Commenting on the report of the Steering Committee for the Review...
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406 new doctors hit Victoria’s hospital wards
09/01/2006This week a record number of new doctors will start their working careers in Victorian public hospitals. AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates congratulated the 406 medical graduates on achieving this important milestone in their life. “Medicine is more...
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